邓小平同志在1992年初视察南方的讲话中指出:“社会主义的本质,是解放生产力,发展生产力,消灭剥削,消除两极分化,最终达到共同富裕”。小平同志的这段论述和概括,既是小平同志的社会主义本质观,也是小平同志对有中国特色社会主义的政治构想和战略设计,准确理解和把握小平同志这一科学论断,对于我们坚持和实践社会主义有着重要的理论意义和现实意义。 一、关于本质的把握 Comrade Deng Xiaoping pointed out in his speech inspected in the south in early 1992: “The essence of socialism is to liberate the productive forces, develop the productive forces, eliminate exploitation, eliminate polarization and eventually achieve common prosperity.” This commentary and generalization by Comrade Xiaoping are both the socialist essence of Comrade Xiaoping and the scientific concept of Deng Xiaoping’s political conception and strategic design of socialism with Chinese characteristics. They must accurately understand and grasp the scientific thesis of Comrade Xiaoping, and insist on our persistence and practice Socialism has important theoretical and practical significance. First, on the nature of the grasp